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Russian feminist Yulia Tsvetkova faces six years in jail for vagina drawings

Russian LGBT+ feminist faces six years in prison over vagina drawings in ‘absurd’ pornography trial

Vic Parsons - April 13, 2021

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin solidifies Russia’s same-sex marriage ban for generations to come

Lily Wakefield - April 7, 2021

Members of the Alliance of Heterosexuals and LGBT for Equality, their flag on the left, at the St Petersburg LGBT+ Pride

Defiant Russian LGBT+ alliance silenced by authorities vows to ‘change this shameful reality’

Josh Milton - April 3, 2021

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Head of the Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov attends the plenary session at the United Russia Party's 18th convention in Moscow on December 8, 2018

EU orders strict sanctions against Russian officials at the centre of Chechnya’s horrifying ‘gay purge’

Emma Powys Maurice - March 23, 2021

Manizha Sangin holds her microphone in the air against a constellation of spotlights

Russia’s Eurovision act is a fearless feminist and LGBT+ rights campaigner and – shock – Russian bigots are mad

Josh Milton - March 15, 2021

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Russian censors cut tender gay scene from Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth romance Supernova

Maggie Baska - March 12, 2021

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Russia hatches sinister plan to ban trans, bisexual, abortion and polyamorous ‘propaganda’

Emma Powys Maurice - March 7, 2021

Gay men Salek Magamadov and Ismail Isayev held in Chechnya

Gay torture victims held on terror charges in Chechnya without a shred of proof

Lily Wakefield - February 25, 2021

Russian police charged an activist who protested in support of jailed anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny with breaching the country's 'gay propaganda' law

Russian activist charged under ‘gay propaganda’ law for sharing photos of same-sex couples at Valentine’s Day protest

Nick Duffy - February 23, 2021

Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Chechnya

Gay men sent back to Chechnya by Russian police are in ‘mortal danger’ with no access to a lawyer

Lily Wakefield - February 7, 2021

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5 countries where every day is Groundhog Day when it comes to respect and equal rights for LGBT+ people

Emma Powys Maurice - February 2, 2021

Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev, head of the Department of External Church Relations, took to Russian state TV earlier this month to attack the US president-elect

Hateful Russian bishop thinks Joe Biden ‘should be imprisoned’ for supporting transgender children

Nick Duffy - December 29, 2020

Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Chechnya

UK government orders strict sanctions on top officials linked to Chechnya’s horrific ‘gay purge’

Emma Powys Maurice - December 15, 2020

Daily Mail 'implies' Russia and Albania are safe for LGBT people

Campaigners lambast Daily Mail for ‘implying’ Russia and Albania are safe for LGBT+ people. Spoiler: They’re not

Matilda Davies - December 11, 2020

Pussy Riot rainbow flags Russia Pride

Pussy Riot slapped with fines for hanging defiant rainbow flags around Moscow on Vladimir Putin’s birthday

Nick Duffy - November 24, 2020

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